Siphila ezweni, lapho ukubonga ngokuvamile okunzima ukukuthola, kuhlanganise nokubonga kwamadodana kaNkulunkulu. AmaKristu amaningi awabongi ngisho nalapho ethi ayabonga. Kodwa amazwi nezenzo zabo ekuphileni zisho okunye. KunamaKristu, abadumele ngoba izimpilo zabo azihambisani nezifiso zabo, isifanekiso, kanye nalokho okulindelwe empilweni, futhi izikhathi eziningi Asola uNkulunkulu noma abanye abantu ngalokho. Amanye amaKristu anezinkinga noma abambelele ezimweni afuna ukuphuma kuzo. KunamaKristu, abanganeliseki futhi abafuna okwengeziwe kuphela. Bahlale bebheka ukuntula kwabo nalokho abakushodayo esikhundleni sokubheka lokho abanakho. Futhi akhona amaKristu, abahlale bebuka abanye, abaphumelelayo, ukubukeka kahle, noma odumile. Banomona ngempilo yabo, ubukeka, impumelelo, nezinto abanazo futhi abajabuli ngezimpilo zabo. Kunezibonelo eziningi ezengeziwe zokuthi kungani amaKristu engabongi futhi ngenxa yalokho aphelelwa amandla futhi ngezinye izikhathi aze acindezeleke ekuphileni. Esikhundleni sokubonga uNkulunkulu ngezimpilo zabo nalokho abanakho futhi abonge uNkulunkulu ngalokho uNkulunkulu abaphe kona, bayabubula, ukukhala okubeleselayo, futhi nikhononde ngabantu noNkulunkulu. Kufana nje nabantu bakwa-Israyeli, ababebubula futhi bakhononda naphezu kokunakekelwa nokuhlinzekwa nguNkulunkulu futhi abazange baneliseke. Ngenxa yalokho abazibonanga zonke izibusiso zikaNkulunkulu futhi abazange bangene ezweni lesethembiso. Lithini iBhayibheli ngokubonga nokubonga kwamadodana kaNkulunkulu?
Abantu bakaNkulunkulu bakhononda futhi bakhononda
Indlela abantu bakaNkulunkulu abahlengwa ngayo emandleni kaFaro yayiyisimangaliso esikhulu ngokwayo. When the people left Egypt and stood in front of the Red Sea and didn’t see a way out, God showed His greatness again, through the faith and obedience of Moses, and another great miracle took place. God divided the Red Sea, so His people could go through and continue their journey under God’s leading and protection in freedom and enter the wilderness.
The people of God were thankful, ngijabule, and joyful. They showed their thankfulness and joy by singing and dancing (Eksodusi 15:1-21).
But their joy was only an expression of their flesh and was more a feeling than an attitude. Therefore their joy was only temporary and didn’t last long.
In a short matter of time, their feelings of thankfulness, injabulo, and gladness changed into unthankfulness, discontent, ukhololo, and complaint.
Ngomzuzu owodwa baculela futhi badansela uNkulunkulu kwathi ezinsukwini ezimbalwa kamuva bacula futhi badansela ithole legolide, ababekwenzile.
Konke kungenxa yokuthi abantu babedale ithemba nomfanekiso kaNkulunkulu wabo owawungahambisani noNkulunkulu weqiniso, uMdali wezulu nomhlaba.
Babeqinisekile okulindelweyo kaNkulunkulu futhi uNkulunkulu akazange ahlangabezane nentando yabo kanye nalokho ababekulindele. Ngakho-ke badumala futhi baqala ukububula nokukhononda.
Akuzange kuthathe isikhathi eside ngaphambi kokuba bakhohlwe ukuhlengwa emandleni kaFaro. Abazange bajabule ngenkululeko uNkulunkulu ayebanike yona nangawo wonke amalungiselelo kaNkulunkulu ehlane.
Babefuna ukuba nezinto ezifanayo nokuphila okufanayo okwabaseGibhithe, kuhlanganise nonkulunkulu ofanayo(s) njengabaseGibhithe. Singasho kanjani? Ngoba lapho uMose eshiya abantu isikhathi esifushane ukuze abe noNkulunkulu futhi abantu babeholwa ngomunye umuntu, baphambuka baphula izithembiso zabo kuNkulunkulu benza okuthile, okwakuyisinengiso kuNkulunkulu (Funda futhi: Abaholi abaningi bahola abantu babuyela eGibhithe).
Indlela kaNkulunkulu akusiyo indlela yomuntu omdala, Ngubani owenyama
Kodwa indlela kaNkulunkulu akusiyo indlela yomuntu owile, ohamba ngokwenyama. Ngakho-ke, abaningi babantu bakaNkulunkulu babengabongi futhi bekhononda futhi bekhononda ngaso sonke isikhathi futhi besola uNkulunkulu ngezimpilo zabo..
Ababonganga ukudla kwaseZulwini, abakuthola kuNkulunkulu imihla ngemihla. Abazange bawabonge amanzi uNkulunkulu ayebanike wona. Babengabongi izingubo zabo nezicathulo ezingagugi. Babengabongi ngokunqoba kukaNkulunkulu abantu abangamaqaba.
Babengabongi ngoMose no-Aroni, uNkulunkulu ayebamise njengabaholi labapristi abakhulu babantu.
Babengabongi ukuhlengwa kukaNkulunkulu. Babengabongi ukuhola kukaNkulunkulu, isivikelo, kanye nenkululeko uNkulunkulu ayebanike yona.
Kodwa ngaphezu kwakho konke, babengabongi ngobuhlobo ababenabo noNkulunkulu wabo ophilayo, ngokumelene nawonkulunkulu baseGibhithe abafileyo.
Nsuku zonke nasebusuku, UNkulunkulu wazibonakalisa Yena uqobo kubo futhi wahola abantu baKhe ngeZwi laKhe, ifu nomlilo ehlane ungene ezweni lesethembiso.
Nakuba uNkulunkulu uqobo wayengeyena uNkulunkulu obonakalayo osesimweni somfanekiso oqoshiwe njengoba abantu Bakhe babejwayele kwabaseGibhithe, uNkulunkulu wabo wayenguNkulunkulu ophilayo, Obukhona namandla akhe ayebonakala endaweni yemvelo.
Zikhathi zonke, UNkulunkulu wanikeza uMose amazwi Akhe, UMose wenza amazwi kaNkulunkulu aziwe kubantu baKhe. Kodwa abantu bakaNkulunkulu abangabongi ngokuvamile babengawakholwa amazwi kaNkulunkulu, okwakhulunywa ngomlomo kaMozisi. Ngakho-ke bawalahla amazwi Akhe. Kunalokho balalela amazwi abantu abanomqondo ofanayo, abakhuluma ngokwentando yenyama yabo futhi bagcwalisa izifiso, izinkanuko, lenkanuko zenyama ngamazwi abo.
40 Izinsuku zaba 40 iminyaka ekanye
UJehova wakhuluma kuMose naku-Aroni, ethi, Koze kube nini ngilibekezelela leli bandla elibi, ezibubula ngaMi? Ngizwile ukububula kwabantwana bakwa-Israyeli, ababubula ngaMi. yithi kubo, Njengoba ngiphila ngempela, isho iNkosi, njengokukhuluma kwenu ezindlebeni zami, nami ngizokwenza njalo kuwe: Izidumbu zenu ziyakuwa kuleli hlane; nabo bonke ababalwayo kini, ngokwenombolo yakho yonke, kusukela koneminyaka engamashumi amabili kuya phezulu, abakhonona ngaMi, -Ngokuqinisekile aniyikungena ezweni, engafunga ngakho ukunenza nihlale kulo, ngaphandle kukaKalebi indodana kaJefune, noJoshuwa indodana kaNuni. Kodwa abancane bakho, enathi iyakuba yimpango, ngizobangenisa, bayakulazi izwe enalidelela. Kodwa wena, izidumbu zakho, bayakuwa kuleli hlane. Abantwana benu bayakuzulazula ehlane iminyaka engamashumi amane, nithwale ubufebe benu, izidumbu zenu zize ziphele ehlane. Njengomumo wezinsuku enalihlola ngazo izwe, ngisho izinsuku ezingamashumi amane, usuku ngalunye unyaka, niyakuthwala ububi benu, ngisho iminyaka engamashumi amane, niyakwazi ukwephula isithembiso sami. Mina Jehova ngikhulumile, ngiyakukwenza impela kulo lonke leli bandla elibi, that are gathered together against Me: in this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die (Isintu 14:26-35)
Because of the iniquities of the people, including their whining, ukububula, and complaining, the people didn’t stay in the wilderness for 40 days but 40 iminyaka ekanye. 40 years were needed to destroy a generation of murmurers and complainers.
People’s murmur and complain don’t please God
And when the people complained, it displeased the Lord: and the Lord heard it; and His anger was kindled; and the fire of the Lord burnt among them, and consumed them that were in the uttermost parts of the camp (Isintu 11:1)
The people’s murmur and complaints didn’t please God. Ngokuphambene nalokho, the anger of the Lord was kindled because of their murmuring and complaining. Because of their behavior, abaningi abafikanga ezweni lesethembiso kepha badliwa umlilo weNkosi.
UNkulunkulu akazange afeze intando yabo nezidingo zabo. UNkulunkulu wayengalungile ngokwanele. Umholi wabo, uNkulunkulu ayemmisile wayengafaneleki.
Konke kungenxa yokuthi babedale isithombe esingalungile nokulindela kukaNkulunkulu wabo phakathi nokuphila kwabo eGibhithe lamaqaba, lokho kwakungahambelani noNkulunkulu noMbuso waKhe.
Futhi eqinisweni, akukho okushintshile ngempela kuyo yonke le minyaka esizukulwaneni somuntu owile.
Ngoba amaKristu amaningi awajabule futhi awabongi ngokuphila kwawo.
AmaKristu amaningi awanelisekile futhi ayabubula futhi akhononda ngaso sonke isikhathi. Abaneliseki futhi bahlale befuna into entsha nokunye ukuze bajabulise ‘uqobo lwabo’ (inyama yabo). Baphinga ngokomoya ngokuzivumelanisa nemikhuba, amasiko, nezindlela ezivela ezinkolweni zamaqaba namafilosofi nokuwasebenzisa ekuphileni kwabo.
Babuka umhlaba nalabo, abangabezwe nabasindwa yizinto zonke (impahla) amalungiselelo omhlaba futhi ubahawukele futhi ufuna lokho futhi. Amehlo abo agxile (impahla) izinhlinzeko esikhundleni soMhlinzeki
Ukulindela kwabo izibusiso akuhambelani nezibusiso, okukhulunywa ngakho eBhayibhelini. Ngakho-ke abaningi badumala kuNkulunkulu.
Ukubonga empilweni kaDaniel
Bonke omongameli bombuso, ababusi, kanye nezikhulu, abeluleki, kanye nezinduna, baye babonisana ukuze kumiswe isimiso sobukhosi, nokwenza isimemezelo esiqinile, ukuthi yilowo nalowo ocela isicelo kunoma yimuphi uNkulunkulu noma umuntu izinsuku ezingamashumi amathathu, sindisa wena, O nkosi, uyakuphonswa emphandwini wezingonyama. Manje, O nkosi, misa isimemezelo, bese usayina umbhalo, ukuthi lingaguqulwa, ngokomthetho wamaMede namaPheresiya, okungaguquki. Ngakho inkosi uDariyu yawusayina umbhalo nesimemezelo. Manje lapho uDaniyeli azi ukuthi umbhalo wawusayiniwe, wangena endlini yakhe; amafasitele ekamelo lakhe evulekile ngaseJerusalema, wayeguqa ngamadolo kathathu ngosuku, wakhuleka, wabonga phambi kukaNkulunkulu wakhe, njengoba enza ngaphambili. Kwase kuhlangana lamadoda, wafumana uDaniyeli ekhuleka enxusa phambi kukaNkulunkulu wakhe (UDaniyeli 6:7-11)
UDaniyeli wayengowesizukulwane somuntu owawa. Kodwa nakuba uDaniyeli wayengowesizukulwane somuntu owawa, ababehamba ngokwenyama, Inhliziyo kaDaniyeli yayingekaNkulunkulu.
UDaniyeli wazinikela entandweni kaNkulunkulu esikhundleni sentando yakhe. Ngakho-ke ukuphila kwakhe kwakumi enkonzweni kaNkulunkulu, esikhundleni sokuthi uNkulunkulu ame enkonzweni kaDaniyeli.
Lapho abantu beyalwa ukuthi babengavunyelwe ukubonisana nokucela isicelo kunoma yimuphi omunye ngaphandle kukaDariyu, UDaniyeli wahlala ethembekile kuNkulunkulu. UDaniel akazange ayekethise nomhlaba. UDaniyeli akazange akhothame ngenxa yokwesaba abantu kanye nentando yabantu. UDaniyeli akazange amshiye uNkulunkulu ngokuyeka ukuthandaza.
Kunalokho, UDaniyeli wahlala ethembekile kuNkulunkulu naphezu kokushushiswa nokusongelwa emphandwini wezingonyama.
UDaniyeli wayengamesabi umuntu, kodwa uDaniyeli wayemesaba uNkulunkulu. Ngakho uDaniyeli waqhubeka ekhothama phambi kukaNkulunkulu wakhe kathathu ngosuku evule amafasitela ethandaza kuNkulunkulu njengoba nje uDaniyeli ayehlale enza. Esimeni sakhe uDaniyeli wakhuleka, wabonga uNkulunkulu wakhe; uMdali weZulu nomhlaba futhi wahlala ethembekile Kuye.
Ukubonga empilweni kaJesu
Esinye sezici zikaJesu kwaba ukubonga kwakhe kuYise. UJesu wabonga uNkulunkulu uBaba kuzo zonke izimo. Naphezu kwezimo, ubunzima, ukumelana, ukwenqatshwa, ukwebiza, inhlebo, ukumangalelwa ngamanga, kanye nendlela enzima uJesu okwadingeka ayihambe, UJesu wahlala ebonga uYise.
UJesu wakwenza, lokho uYise ayetshele uJesu ukuba akwenze futhi akukho lutho olwamvimba ukuba afeze futhi aqedele umsebenzi kaYise.
Lapho uJesu eholwa nguMoya oNgcwele ehlane, njengabantu bakaNkulunkulu, abaholwa nguNkulunkulu ehlane, UJesu wayengenabo abantu abangabongi futhi akazange akhononde futhi abubule.
Ngokuphambene nabantu bakaNkulunkulu (Israyeli), ababengabongi kuNkulunkulu, ngenkathi benakekelwa ehlane ngamalungiselelo kaNkulunkulu futhi bebubula futhi bekhononda, okwabangela ukuthi bahlale ehlane 40 iminyaka ekanye, UJesu wayebonga ehlane ngakho-ke uJesu wahlala 40 izinsuku ehlane.
Inyama yakhe ayizange ibambe uJesu ehlane. Futhi inyama Yakhe ayizange imvimbe uJesu kamuva, ngokuvumela uJesu abubule futhi akhononde ezimeni.
UJesu wahamba elandela uMoya futhi wabusa phezu kwenyama Yakhe. Ngakho-ke wakwazi ukufeza umsebenzi kaBaba.
Amakholwa amaningi athi, “kodwa uJesu wayeyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu thina asiyona.” Kodwa akusona isizathu esizwakalayo leso. Njengoba iZwi lisho, ukuthi wonke umuntu ozelwe ngokusha kuJesu Kristu useyindodana kaNkulunkulu futhi wamukele igunya noMoya ofanayo nokaJesu Kristu.. Ngoba uJesu wayeyizibulo lezidalwa ezintsha.
UJesu weza emhlabeni esenyameni futhi wayenamandla okuba angamlaleli uNkulunkulu. Njengo-Adamu futhi njengoLusifa, usathane.
Ukungalaleli kukaLusifa no-Adamu
ULusifa wayedalwe ngokuphelele futhi wayengomunye wezingelosi ezinkulu zikaNkulunkulu. ULusifa wabekwa ezulwini endaweni kaNkulunkulu Insimu yase-Edene futhi wakhonza uNkulunkulu ngaphambi kokuba awe esikhundleni sakhe futhi waba isitha sikaNkulunkulu. ULusifa wayengumholi futhi wayenikezwe indawo yegunya emazulwini nguNkulunkulu futhi wakhonza uNkulunkulu.
Kodwa ngenxa yakhe ukungalaleli uNkulunkulu, ULusifa wawa esikhundleni sakhe njengengelosi enkulu. ULusifa waba ingelosi ewile, njengengxenye yesithathu yazo zonke izingelosi zikaNkulunkulu, ababebekwe ngaphansi kwegunya likaLusifa futhi bahlala bethembekile kumholi wabo. Njengomholi wabo uLusifa, izingelosi zaphonswa emhlabeni futhi zaba izingelosi eziwile.
U-Adamu wadalwa ngokuphelele uNkulunkulu. U-Adamu wayeyindodana kaNkulunkulu futhi wamiswa uNkulunkulu njengombusi emhlabeni. Kwakungekho bubi obukhona kumuntu kwaze kwaba yilapho umuntu ehileleka nongalungile (inyoka).
Indoda yalalela, wakholwa, futhi wenza ngokuvumelana namazwi enyoka. Ngokukholwa kanye nokwenza ngokuvumelana namazwi enyoka umuntu wenqaba amazwi kaNkulunkulu futhi waba ongamlaleli uNkulunkulu.. Ngenxa yokungalaleli komuntu uNkulunkulu, umuntu wawa esikhundleni sakhe (Funda futhi: ‘UJesu wabuyisela isikhundla somuntu owile‘).
Kodwa uJesu wayemthanda uYise ngenhliziyo yakhe yonke futhi ethanda uYise ngaphezu kwakho konke nakho konke. Ngakho-ke uJesu wahlala ethembekile kuYise futhi akazange awashiye amazwi kaYise. UJesu wayebonga kuzo zonke izimo (Funda futhi: ‘Ingabe uyamthanda uNkulunkulu ngenhliziyo yakho yonke? futhi ‘Wayesho ukuthini uJesu ngegunya lokubeka phansi impilo yakhe abuye athathe?).
Ukubonga kwamadodana kaNkulunkulu kuzo zonke izimo
Thokozelani njalo. Thandaza ngaphandle kokuyeka. Kuzo zonke izinto zibonge: Ngoba lokhu kuyintando kaNkulunkulu kuKristu Jesu ngani (1 Thesalonika 5:18)
Amadodana kaNkulunkulu afana noJesu abonga kuzo zonke izimo. Amadodana kaNkulunkulu angokomoya futhi alandela uMoya futhi awancikile ezintweni zemvelo ukuze abonge uNkulunkulu. Amadodana kaNkulunkulu awahambi ngokwenyama ngakho-ke ukubonga kwamadodana kaNkulunkulu akuncikile kwabanye abantu., isimo, izimo, noma indawo ezungezile. Ukubonga kwamadodana kaNkulunkulu kuNkulunkulu akufiki kuphinde kuhambe, kodwa igxilile futhi ihlale ikhona ezinhliziyweni zabo.
Amadodana kaNkulunkulu awabona abakhonondi, kodwa bayabonga futhi banomqondo wokunqoba. Badlula kuzo zonke izimo zokuphila benomqondo womnqobi kuyilapho bebonga uNkulunkulu. Bahlala bethembekile eZwini likaNkulunkulu nangenxa yokuthi bakhonza Yena yedwa, bayophuma kuzo zonke izimo nakuzo zonke izimpi njengabanqobi.
Thatha isibonelo sikaPawulu. Lapho uPawulu ethunjwa futhi eyiswa eRoma njengesiboshwa, Paul was shipwrecked. Kodwa esikhundleni sokububula nokukhononda, UPawulu wakhuthaza abanye futhi wathatha izinkwa, wahlephula wakhuleka kuNkulunkulu, futhi wabonga uNkulunkulu esimweni phambi kwabanye (IzEnzo 27:35).
Ukungabongi kuwumsebenzi wenyama
Ukungabongi kuwumsebenzi wenyama. Amadodana kasathane awabongi. Ukungabongi kuwumphumela lapho intando ‘yomuntu siqu’ akuhlangatshezwana nayo. Inqobo nje uma ungakazalwa kabusha kanye ‘noqobo lwakho’ (inyama) ayibethelwa futhi yenziwe, uzoholwa yizinzwa zakho, imizwa, imizwelo, izinkanuko, kanye nezifiso. Uyohlala uncike ezintweni zemvelo, njengabanye abantu, ukuziphatha kwabantu, izimo, isimo, kanye nezindawo, lokho kufanele kwenelise intando yakho, okulindele, kanye nezidingo zakho ukuze ube futhi uhlale ubonga.
Uma uhamba emva kwenyama, lizahlala lingabongi. Akunandaba ukuthi uthola malini nokuthi uNkulunkulu uzokunikeza kanjani, amehlo akho azohlala egxile ekuntuleni. Ngoba inkanuko yamehlo ayisoze yaneliswa.
Isihogo nokubhujiswa akugcwali; ngakho amehlo omuntu awasuthi (Izaga 27:20)
Kodwa lapho usuzelwe kabusha kuKristu futhi wabeka phansi inyama yakho futhi wanikela ukuphila kwakho kuNkulunkulu, bese nibonga kuYe.
Nalapho niholwa nguye ehlane niphuze indebe yeNkosi, niyakuphuza indebe yeNkosi ngokubonga kuNkulunkulu, njengoJesu (Mathewu 26:27, Maka 14:23, Luka 22:17).
Uyombonga uNkulunkulu kuzo zonke izimo. Ngoba ukuphila kwakho kungokukaNkulunkulu. Uyogxila Kuye noMbuso Wakhe futhi umthokozise esikhundleni sakho. Uyakuhlonipha, phakamisani nikhazimulise uBaba ngoJesu Kristu.
Uma usuqala ukubonga uNkulunkulu ngakho konke akwenzele kona kanye nalokho akunike khona, ukububula kwakho, isikhalazo, futhi ukububula kuzoshintsha kube yinjabulo nentokozo futhi ukubonga kuzobuya empilweni yakho.
Ukubonga akuwona umuzwa kodwa isimo sengqondo
Ukubonga akuwona umuzwa, kodwa kuyisimo sengqondo esiqhubekayo samadodana kaNkulunkulu kuNkulunkulu nakubantu. Ukubonga akuncikile ezintweni zemvelo, njengabanye abantu, ukuziphatha kwabantu, (-phambili) izimo, kanye nezinhlinzeko. Ngoba ngisho nabantu abacebe kakhulu emhlabeni bangaba abantu abangabongi kakhulu. Kodwa ukubonga kweqiniso kuhlala kukhona ezinhliziyweni zamadodana kaNkulunkulu, abahamba emva kukaMoya futhi abanganciki ezintweni zemvelo, njengomuntu wenyama, ohamba ngokwenyama.
Njengendodana kaNkulunkulu, uhlezi ubonga uNkulunkulu. Ubonge lokho uNkulunkulu akwenzele kona kanye nefa akunike lona kuJesu Kristu. Uyawubonga uMoya wakhe oNgcwele kanye nobudlelwane bakho Naye. Uyabonga ngakho konke ukuhlinzekwa namandla onke, Ukuphathisile.
Uma ufuna ukujabulisa uYihlo kufanele ubonge njalo. Ngoba kuyisinengiso kuBaba uma nibubula, khalaza, futhi khala.
Lapho uhamba njengendodana kaNkulunkulu, awusayikuzinaka wena, kodwa kuJesu loBaba. Uzobonga futhi ngenxa yokubonga kwakho, uzohamba, futhi sicela futhi uphakamise uBaba futhi ukhazimulise uJesu ngempilo yakho.
‘Yiba usawoti womhlaba’
